CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH A "WASTE OF MONEY": WHITE HOUSE

G20 finance chiefs dropped climate reference in their document.

States would lose Fed money in emergencies with EPA budget cuts.

Paris climate accords will cost US hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs: report. (Yea .... blah blah blah.)

Trump targeting to eliminate "Earth-centric" climate satellites in budget. (Well, yea, lets close our eyes.)

Trump budget to kill climate diplomacy.

Trump budget kills LIHEAP - low income energy bill assistance.

Trump budget eliminates 19 Fed agencies.

Trump think: EPA should limit itself to basic research. (Well, then, let China take over clean power market? Competitive edge. Don't stop now!)

Climate change a threat to public health: doctors group.

$9M paid for N Carolina offshore wind lease sale.

Tesla raised $1.2B to intro Model 3.

Global hydropower market set to reach $86B by '25: Global Data. $71B this year.

Dong Energy retiring world's 1st offshore wind farm after 25 years.
(Big news right there.)

Google Project Sunroof predicting solar power output in all 50 US states.

Vattenfall wind farms to use BMW power storage.

Nicaragua resort went with solar/power storage.

California $383M plan to protect Salton Sea.

Trump declared California storm disaster funds.

Capetown says 100 days of water left.

Japan govt found liable for Fukushima damages.

US judge ordered VW exec held in jail until Jan trial.

Siemens partnering with Swede EV developer Uniti. 50K cars/year starting next year.

Le Evo looking to sell its Silicon Valley site less than a year after buying.

Humans may have played very active role in desertification of Sahara: research.

Egypt may face critical freshwater, food shortages by '25: study. (May need a current-day Joseph.)

Oil drillers to spend $25B more this year.

Iraq oil exports down so far this month.

Jordan funded by China for $2B oil shale plant.

Unpaid wages among Nigeria oil operators.

US oil rig count up 14 last week. Natgas rigs up 6. 1 rig could go either way or other. (Tranny rigs. Who knew?)